i need more detailed maps of certain parts of Faerun, like neverwinter and icewind dale. does anyone know where to consistently get detailed maps/regional descriptions?
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i will probably go with e-bay just because i can get them around half off used. also, thanks to koldoon for the awesome idea. all i have to do is find an area in FR that i am comfortable holding the setting in. i figure that way, when the pcs finally do leave that region it will seem way more special.
actually, im thinking of going with forgotten realms because it has so much material. 90% of the 'research' ive done (which involved reading novels and playing pc games) have taken place in forgotten realms so i have a lot of ideas and a slightly better than basic understanding of FR's political and religious workings. also, since there is so much out there, if i get too overwhelmed to properly plan, finding an adventure will be easy. my only concern would be having to fork over fourty bucks every month for some new book i need to run the setting. i hardly ever buy the books simply because i can never afford them. let me know what you think.
Sounds like things are going well for you already, and you probably don't need my leguminous advice ... however, if anyone keeps up the wisecracking and etc., you might want to rule that anything that isn't just general description of what the character does is something that the character says. If what the character says is totally out of context for the game, then NPCs will start to think that the character is insane, or speaking in riddles/cant, and treat them accordingly. That's what I do when things start getting out of control. "The Troll King hears you joking about something called a 'helicopter' and begins to wonder if this is some strange magical item whose location he can torture out of you ...." ;-) ooh! that is devious, i like that! if anyone still reads this, i am thinking of buying a campaign setting, which would you recommend for a budding DM such as mydelf?
i remember that the halfing issue had a few good riddles, but i dont think that that is the same that you are talking about. sorry!
i had a PC turn in a five page character concept yesterday(typed). it was beautiful. he weaved a tale about his rejected half-drow who shunned the drow society and lives as a recluse in a cave. he talked about his character watching the sunrise every day and wondering if there were better gods out there besides the evil lloth. then he went on to talk about how he would love to worship pelor because the sun is so beautiful, but he didnt think it would be appropriatte for a fighter to do so. it was beautiful. the concepts are building, and hopefully this should be pretty cool.
yeah my aforementioned best-friend gamer found a thread about the very same thing on wizards.com which was very helpful. i am giving it to all of my pc's and requiring that they use it. two cool tips for character development were to do as stormwalker said and make a history for them, but also it said to make a day in the life of your character. it is very helpful.
yeah im a latester too, but i would really appreciate it imaneffinninja@gmail.com thanks a lot
yeah, i forgot to mention that i dont actually have a subsciption to this lovely magazine. my friend just let me borrow a pant-load of back issues, i do, however, plan on subscribing asap.
thank you for all of your advice guys! I plan on taking this stuff to heart, and I realized thanks to taricus, that we don't actually take official breaks, someone gets up to get some pizza, someone else leaves to go use the restroom, we don't actually pause play, I know plan on doing this. Another thing i agree with is EXP rewards, I will definitely award roleplaying with EXP (and maybe throw a little extra loot their direction) On getting people into character, I plan on having a roleplaying session pretty early on so that the PC's can get into character, develop their characters a bit, and maybe figure out how their characters interact. this should not be a problem for anyone since I cut all of the power gamers out of the party a while ago, my goal is to make the roleplaying session intrigueing and vivid to draw the PC's in, and hopefully eliminate side-excursions. My PC's aren't crazy about combat, but they do enjoy it, and to make it interesting I am developing the things they fight quite nicely to try to keep them fresh, I am also making them challenging so that combat will captivate them by being more about problem solving and strategy, as opposed to hack-and-slash. The most important thing I will do is to let them know, right before play starts that side conversations will not be codoned, that as much as I enjoy our play group it could very well fall apart if people aren't taking the game seriously, I will let them know that I am rewarding roleplaying, hopefully this will all work out nicely. thank you for all of your advice, and please let me know how you think my "plan" sounds.
hey, I'm and ametuer DM (I'm only 16) and i need to get my PCs to stop screwing around and get into character. It was never really a big issue until my best friend announced that he wants to quit playing with our group becuase he is sick of everyone screwing around when were playing. The jokes people crack really slow down the entire campaign, and I am preparing a challenging adventure to try to get them to pay more attention, I have also trimmed down the size of our play group quite a bit. Do any of you seasoned players/DMs know any way to get into character?
that's AWESOME! :)
Being that I usually DM, when the PCs get out of line, I am a "fortitude saves!" and "a rock falls on your head and you die" type of guy :p
I seriously could not stop laughing for about 5 minutes, but then again that is the effect that most of your comics have on me, for example the one with the paladin, i mean Kev expertly stated how everyone feels about them, and when you topped it off with the "are you detecting evil one me?! you'd better not be detecting evil on me!" pure genius. |